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- ≡ Avicennia tomentosa var. australasica Walp. (1845)
- = Avicennia resinifera G.Forst., Pl. Esc. (1786)
- ≡ Avicennia marina var. resinifera (G.Forst.) Bakh. (1921) nom. illeg.
Small tree up to c. 8 m. tall (reduced to a shrub in southern part of range). Lateral roots spreading widely, emitting ∞ stout, erect "breathing" roots. Bark grey, furrowed; branches stout, spreading; branchlets pubescent. Lvs on narrowly winged petioles up to c. 1 cm. long. Lamina glab. above, densely clad in white to buff appressed tomentum below, coriac., ± 5–10 × 2–4 cm., ovate to elliptic-oblong, acute to subacute, sts mucronate; margins slightly recurved. Cymes contracted into small 4–8-fld heads on erect angled pubescent peduncles ± 2 cm. long. Fls c. 6–7 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, ± pilose; corolla-lobes coriac., ovate, silky-hairy. Capsule ± 2 cm. diam., ovoid.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.]